Truth Commissions resources from TJF

Truth Commission Sites and Documents

-- resources on various national (and supra-national) Truth Commissions, compiled for Transitional Justice Forum by Jonathan Edelstein.

This listing was last updated Spetember 10, 2005. Please contact TJF with suggested additions or revisions. All such suggestions are very welcome. Thanks!

Truth Commission reports and documentation
General Truth Commission resources
Articles and studies on Truth Commissions

Truth Commission reports and documentation

(All these are in English unless otherwise noted)

Burundi - Report of the UN Investigative Commission on Transitional Justice in Burundi Security Council Resolution 1606/2005
Chile - Report of the National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation
East Timor - East Timor Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation
El Salvador - Report of the El Salvador Truth Commission
Fiji - Promotion of Reconciliation, Tolerance and National Unity Bill 2005
Ghana - Report of the National Reconciliation Commission
Guatemala - Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification
Haiti - Report of the National Commission on Truth and Justice (French)
Indonesia - Memorandum of Understanding between the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement (see article 2)
Morocco - Justice and Reconciliation Commission (French)
Nigeria - Report of the Nigerian Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (Oputa Panel)
Peru -
Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Spanish)
Final Report of the Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission (English)
Sierra Leone - Truth Commission Documents
South Africa -

Report of the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TRC Home Page (nearly defunct)

United States - Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission

General Truth Commission resources

INCORE Truth Commission Database
USIP Truth Commissions Digital Collection
Citizens for Global Solutions, web-page on truth commissions
Ford Foundation, "Selected Bibliography on Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice" (2005)
"Some notable truth commissions since 1974" table compiled by Helena Cobban, February 2005
"Truth Commissions" , by Eric Brahm, from Beyond Intractability , 2004 (This web-page contains a lot of information, plus excellent bibiographies of on-line and off-line written resources, audio materials, etc.)

Articles and studies on Truth Commissions

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